Erfan Salim Gets Bail after Surrender

A Dhaka court has granted bail to Md Erfan Salim, son of Awami League lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over allegedly assaulting and attempting to kill a Bangladesh Navy officer in 2020.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed an order on Thursday (February 9) after a hearing, a day after an arrest warrant was issued against Erfan Salim.

A case was filed with Dhanmondi Police Station against Irfan Selim for assaulting a navy official, Lieutenant Wasif Ahmed Khan, more than two years back. October 26, 2020.

Lt Wasif filed the case against four named, including Irfan Selim, also a councilor of ward-30 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), and 2-3 unnamed persons he accused.

According to the case statement, a private car hit Lt Wasif's motorcycle near Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi on October 25, 2020, when he along with his wife was returning to their Mohammadpur residence from the Nilkhet area.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained Irfan Selim in this connection later.